But she learned it only takes one exposure and after years of exposure to UV rays, she was at an increased risk.

"My kids were like, 'Mom, you shouldn't do that, you can get skin cancer, you can get skin cancer,' and I'm like, 'No, I'm fine, I won't get skin cancer." And I did, and when I had to tell them that they were right," she said, tears welling in her eyes, "that was hard."

Effective January 1, teens won't even have that one chance A bill signed into law by Gov. Markell at the American Cancer Society office in New Castle forbids anyone under the age of 18 from setting foot into a tanning bed.

The voice behind the bill belongs to Sherrill Rigney of Bear. Her 22-year-old daughter, Michelle, died of melanoma in 2008 after spending a lot of time in a tanning bed.

"I never saw a cancer take somebody's life so, so fast," Rigney said. "If anybody ever knew how deadly it can be, they would never, ever let their children into a tanning bed, ever."